Philaeus chrysops

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Philaeus chrysops
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Copyright: Dejan Kulijer (dejo) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 355 W: 54 N: 476] (2048)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-18
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Canon Powershot S2-IS
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of the world, Nature of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-01-04 6:09
Viewed: 662
Points: 71
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Philaeus chrysops (Poda 1761)

Philaeus chrysops is a species of jumping spider (Salticidae)
Normal body length is 7 to 12 mm, but 5 mm small males do occur. Unusual for spiders, the males are often bigger. The sexes differ extremely: males are very colorful with a glaringly red opisthosoma (chrysops means "golden eye" in Greek). The males have a dark brown cephalothorax with two broad longitudinal white stripes behind the rear eyes. The abdomen is bright orange-red on the back and the sides, with a longitudinal black stripe in the center and black shoulders. The long, slender legs are dark with the patellae and most of the tibiae of the first two pairs bright orange-red. The cephalothorax of the female is similar to the male, but with much smaller white stripes. The back of her abdomen is largely covered with a very broad brown band with two narrow longitudinal white stripes and a few white marks near the sides. The remainder of the abdomen and the sides are orange, the legs light brown with dark brown rings.
P. chrysops occurs in the Palearctic, reaching into South China

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Ciao Dejo,
complimenti per questa interessante e drammatica immagine.
Non sono un esperto di ragni, ma credo anch'io che si tratta di un maschio di Philaeus chrysops.
Ho provato ad eliminare un poco del rumore di fondo e ad aumentare la nitidezza in WORKSHOP.
Spero di avere fatto una cosa da te gradita.

Marcello

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2416 W: 132 N: 6653] (20877)
  • [2008-01-04 6:52]

Hello Dejan,
Excellent macro of Phileus chrysops that has captured a blister beetle. The sharpness, composition, POV and BG are all superb, making this a first class capture!
Well done and thanks for sharing this one,
Ivan

Hi Dejo,
This is a wonderful moment to capture. This jumping spider is colorful. The image is sharp and crisp clear. Appropriate soft background. Very well done.
JC

your ID is correct. a nice catch

Gidday Dejan,
This is an excellent image,taken in quite bright and tricky light conditions by the looks of it.
Nicely composed with good all over detail and colour.
You've done a great job with this one.
Well done.
Steve

Hello Dejan
Wonderful hunting shot of this Jumping Spider,
Great details,colors and BG,Superb shot.

Best wishes for 2008
Fartash

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 982 W: 64 N: 1199] (4856)
  • [2008-01-04 8:01]

Wow! What a bloodcurling spider!
Magnificent macro, Dejan! I like a lot the framing, sharpness, colors and beautiful composition.
My compliments and best regards
Maite

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  • Calaca (94)
  • [2008-01-04 8:19]

Excelente macro, los colores muy llamativos me gusta mucho esta fotografia, te felicito.

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2935 W: 142 N: 4217] (13775)
  • [2008-01-04 9:03]

Hi Dejan.
Rare and perfectly done close-up picture. I like all. Amazing diagonal composition. Fantastic details and sharpness, great lights and colours., precise DOF (BG is blurred and illuminated excellently). The captured scene is superb despite the dramatic content. My congratulations. Well done.
Alexei.

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 971 W: 281 N: 3030] (10080)
  • [2008-01-04 9:12]

Hello Dejan,
a well-composed picture and a well-captured moment.
High sharpness allows to see fine details, in particular the delicate hairs.
Colours are pleasant.
The background is a bit noisy, but Marcello has done a workshop to reduce the noise.
Best wishes, Peter

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  • Ena Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 360 W: 60 N: 569] (2319)
  • [2008-01-04 9:16]

Ciao Dejo,
Super slicica,
Lijepe boje i ostrina je dobra!
Jadna ova buba!
Odlična kompozicija!
Pozdrav
Ena

Preciosa toma Dejan, buen colorido y luz, así como encuadre. No conocía esa preciosa y tremenda araña. Un excelente documento el que nos presentas en pleno festín.
Un abrazo: J. Ignasi

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1864 W: 2 N: 4738] (18250)
  • [2008-01-04 11:54]

Hi Dejan. This is an amazing close up. the detail and focusing is spot on. good rich but still natural looking colours. with a great POV. well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 795 W: 5 N: 2038] (7715)
  • [2008-01-04 12:57]

Woow very nice scene !!! Perfect colours and sharpness,a very good work,thanks for share,Luciano

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2072 W: 6 N: 1848] (12716)
  • [2008-01-04 14:34]

Hola amigo,
interesante macro.
buena captura y momento...
colores excelentes y pov,
saludos Dejo.

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2337 W: 59 N: 4094] (13345)
  • [2008-01-04 15:26]

Hi Dejan,
A delicious breakfast :o) Good timing and pose captured with a good POV. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1687 W: 20 N: 4738] (15476)
  • [2008-01-04 21:42]

Hi Dejan,
Just marking this wonderful post for now and will be back with a proper critique later.
Regards.
Sumon

Hi Dejan,
A stunning capture with excellent details and composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Dejan,
This is a terrific action shot! You had great timing for this one. Details, POV and composition are beautiful. I think that the WS gave good results too. Well done and TFS,
Claudine

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2297 W: 163 N: 6694] (21146)
  • [2008-01-05 7:58]

Hello Dejan,
Wow, what a superb macro shot using the S2-IS!! All in focus and details are very sharp and interesting and colours natural. Very well-timed too and I like the composition. Great work!
TFS and regards, Ulla
P later

Superbe macro, détails extraordinaires magnifiques couleurs.
Bravo
Marie

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2726 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-01-05 16:49]

Hello Dejan

What an amazing capture,both for you and the spider.
The colours are fantastic with lovely lighting.
Very good focus and sharpness.
The POV and DOF are well done.
TFS

Rob

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 1 N: 3939] (13258)
  • [2008-01-05 18:44]

Hello Dejan,
Wonderful macro work with excellent camera work, great action captured and a good note also, thanks Dejan.
Rick

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  • smitha Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 296 W: 79 N: 899] (3409)
  • [2008-01-05 19:07]

Hello Dejan,
Excellent capture. Perfect timing. Good details. Excellent POV and DOF.
Thanks and Regards,
Smitha.

Hi Dejo, dramatic composition with wonderful colors, excellent details, I like Marcello's WS, very well done, have a great week end, ciao Silvio

Cool macro Dejan, I like the complimentary & cautionary orange of the jumper, with the red of the victim here :)
Nice diagonal comp with a great POV & details also.
Well done,
Howard

One of my favourite spider with the prey! Great catch and timing. These beauties are living in our backyard, so i had lots of times to observe them. i tried to take shots when it jumps, of course i failed! I can't think about when they are jumping on a prey! Here you can see below, some of my friends includes males and females.

i'm handsome

i'm beautiful

Hey! com'on

cavers (a family)

Thank you for sharing.
Ersin

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  • Necipp Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1150 W: 15 N: 2074] (12392)
  • [2008-01-06 5:10]

Hello Dejan a fantastic shot with great sharp detail excellent timing of the action. Very well composed, focused and exposed. tfs rgds Necip.

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1497 W: 18 N: 2924] (10762)
  • [2008-01-06 7:17]

Hi Dejan

Wonderful shot of this spider and his poor prey. Great POV and amazing sharp details. The colours are stunning the DOF is good too. Nice work

TFS

Karan

Hello Dejan ! Great macro with lots of sharp details and great colors. The diagonal composition is very effective and the exposure is very well done, thanks ! I did a quick workshop to blur the noise in the background, hope you don't mind. Good job my friend,

Mario

Hi Dejan,

This is one mean looking spider. You have captured him really well, and with an anazing level of detail - you can see every hair on his body. The colours and exposure are also great, as is the pov and composition.

Mike

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  • taba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 455 W: 126 N: 258] (1438)
  • [2008-01-11 2:46]

Hi Dejan
great capture and a very good moment.
nice colors, DOF, POV and sharpness.
well done.
it´s a beautiful color spider, and I think it´s very small, did you used some kind of lens on the S2?
Taba

Hi Dejan,
Very good moment you had a great oportunity to catch this hunter moment. I like your close-up, only I can say that I see some noise in the image, but the rest is good.
Regards
Hernán

Hello again!
This is probably the most beautiful and colourful jumping spider species of Europe :) I always wanted to see it in the wild, but unfortunatelly till this moment I saw it only on the pictures :)
You photographed a very interestng moment, I believe that the prey belongs to Homoptera (Cercopis genus? Cercopidae)
Bravo for interesting note too.
Best regards,
Radomir

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  • meyerd Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 354 W: 63 N: 974] (3009)
  • [2008-02-05 12:44]

Hi Dejan,
very good macro, interesting subject ---and lots of action. It's true, the workshop versions are improving on it. What is the prey of the spider, Cercopis maybe? Thanks for the presentation.
Best regards
Dietrich

Hello Dejan

That is a perfect salticid spider shot with its feeding time! TFS.
Cheers,

Bayram

Magnificent! TFS!
Regards, Tibi!

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